Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Metro Icons and Requests for Keyboard Shortcut Buttons

I have received a bunch of requests for the icons I used on the button dock. You can find them all HERE. There have also been a lot of requests for buttons that do keyboard shortcuts. Please let me know which keyboard shortcuts you want created and I will make them for you and post them here.

Hi Justin!great job you've done here! Keep it up!I would have hundreds of requests, mainly keyboards shortcuts... there's plenty of work here: http://shortcutkeys.net/windows-7-keyboard-shortcuts/i believe one I would definetely need on a tabletpc is "lock screen" (windows logo key + L) (one would not like to accidentally start a program or something while transporting a tablet), and a way to unlock it... or, like in the "TM2 Control" program, a way of disabling touch when needed...i'm eagerly waiting!

You made a really great job and I used it for my Acer W501. Your right dock is fantastic. But I need your help to adjust it for my needs.

I'd like to add a touch button DEL. In a pack of icons I found "delete.png" icon. But I also need a script or .exe file, which I could use to add new touch button to the right dock. Could you please write the script here or give a link to download "delete.exe"?

hi Justine,it looks like you forgot this wonderful project... maybe windows 8 is next to come... but I believe many people are eager to improve their Win7 tablet experience...It would be great, however, if you could give us some hints where we could learn how to make our own scripts and buttons, like simple tasks... I tried to look for this on the net but could not find anything helpful... Please, don't forget and send us a sing!!!

Hey Justin, I'm glad to see you're still replying to comments! This all has been incredibly helpful and I'm going to build my own. However, I do have one question (not actually about the Win7 aspect, but about the physical tablet itself). I saw you mentioned you were working on building your own battery pack but hadn't seen any details on that and was wondering how that had progressed. That's the main issue I'm encountering right now- my battery a) sucks b) is huge.

From what I've learned reading around, there's a small circuit within the battery pack that communicates with the laptop, telling it how much power is left, ensuring power flows evenly from all cells, monitoring temperature, etc. I'd like to actually reduce the number of cells in my battery pack since it's so big, and then potentially downclock my CPU (if it's possible) to reduce power consumption. That's just my brainstorming at this point, though. i'd really love to hear what you were working on with your own battery pack. Thanks!

@ Scott T. - You can buy thin LiPo cells and wire them together and then to the battery controller (the small circuit board you see). Check the voltage and mAh for your existing battery. Then buy some LiPo batteries that will give you the same voltage and at least the same mAh. There are guides online about how to wire the cells together. You have to be very careful because doing it incorrectly can cause them to explode. Once the LiPo cells are wired together you can connect the controller the same way it was connected to your existing cells.